Bacchus - I Comments

There is an impersonal quality to the god Bacchus in his appearance in this poem. He may be stoned on wine and whatever else he's quaffing. Or it could be we simply cannot read his divine nature, being so human and limited. The Poet Seer is characteristically sympathetic to suffering, and senses the depth of his grief. The Poet Seer calls him a King and will not abandon him. He is playing ther Antigone role to edipus.